Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2145 2172 2177 2179
This examiner grants 40% of resolved cases
John M. Heffington serves as a patent examiner in Tech Center 2100, assigned to Art Unit 2145. The examiner has 436 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 39.9 percent. This rate indicates a challenging prosecution environment where fewer than half of the applications result in a grant. The 436 resolved cases offer a robust dataset for analyzing the examiner's performance in Tech Center 2100.
The interview lift for this examiner is 30.0 percent. This is a high lift, suggesting that interviews are a very effective tool for overcoming rejections. While the baseline allowance rate is 39.9 percent, the 30.0 percent lift indicates that direct engagement with the examiner can significantly improve the chances of success, making it a recommended strategy for practitioners in Art Unit 2145.
The median days to allowance for this examiner is 1863. This is a very long pendency, indicating that reaching a grant requires a substantial time commitment. Given the 1863 day median and the 39.9 percent allowance rate, the 30.0 percent interview lift is a critical factor for applicants seeking to navigate this difficult and lengthy prosecution process.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17237252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PART TRACKING USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES | Final Rejection | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. |
| 16754710 | Notification Handling Method and Electronic Device | Final Rejection | Huawei Technologies Co. , Ltd. |
| 17233374 | USER EQUIPMENT REPORTING FOR UPDATING OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS | Non-Final OA | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 17793410 | EQUIPMENT SERVER, DEVICE SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MESSAGE | Non-Final OA | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
| 17209782 | Model Decisions Based On Speculative Execution | Non-Final OA | Amazon Technologies, Inc. |
| 17410387 | USING DATA REDUCTION TO ACCELERATE MACHINE LEARNING FOR NETWORKING | Final Rejection | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 17347205 | AUTOMATED FINE-TUNING AND DEPLOYMENT OF PRE-TRAINED DEEP LEARNING MODELS | Final Rejection | MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. |
| 17644900 | SHIELDED SUPERCONDUCTING QUBIT WITH IMPROVED COHERENCE | Non-Final OA | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 18411965 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ORGANIZING A TREE STRUCTURE | Non-Final OA | ADP, Inc. |
| 17501003 | METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR TRAINING A DEEP LEARNING FRAMEWORK | Non-Final OA | BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. |
| 17645122 | DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Optum Services (Ireland) Limited |
| 17049032 | CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK | Final Rejection | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP |
| 18000159 | TIME INTENSITY DOMINANCE OF SENSATION (TIDS) | Non-Final OA | Cargill, Incorporated |
| 15885498 | FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT PLANNING | Final Rejection | Varian Medical Systems International AG |
| 16719574 | DATAVIEW DETAIL PANE WITH A SINGLE PANE OF GLASS | Non-Final OA | NetBrain Technologies, Inc. |
| 17691493 | FLEXIBLE INITIALIZER FOR ARBITRARILY-SIZED PARAMETRIZED QUANTUM CIRCUITS | Non-Final OA | Zapata Computing, Inc. |
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